Moon Light World Map
The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot 
symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun 
symbolizes the position of the sun.
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Map notes
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 01:30:00 UTC.
- The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
- The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.
Moon phase
Fraction of moon illuminated: 91%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 01:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 53' | North |
| Longitude: | 9° 34' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.50 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
| Time | Longitude difference | Latitude difference | Total |
|---|
| later | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Distance |
|---|
| 1 minute | 0° 14' 30.7" | 15.64 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.7" | 0.01 mi | north | 15.64 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 50.7" | 938.13 mi | west | 0° 00' 36.4" | 0.70 mi | north | 938.10 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 50.9" | 754.02 mi | east | 0° 12' 12.2" | 14.00 mi | south | 754.65 mi |
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
| Location | Local time | Distance | Direction |
|---|
| Agadez | Fri 2:30 AM | 464 km | 288 miles | 251 nm |  SSW |
| Zinder | Fri 2:30 AM | 786 km | 488 miles | 424 nm |  S |
| Maradi | Fri 2:30 AM | 859 km | 534 miles | 464 nm | SSW |
| Kano | Fri 2:30 AM | 990 km | 615 miles | 534 nm | S |
| Ndjamena | Fri 2:30 AM | 1134 km | 704 miles | 612 nm |  SSE |
| Niamey | Fri 2:30 AM | 1137 km | 707 miles | 614 nm |  SW |
| Abuja | Fri 2:30 AM | 1321 km | 821 miles | 713 nm | SSW |
| Tripoli | Fri 3:30 AM | 1378 km | 856 miles | 744 nm |  NNE |
| Ouagadougou | Fri 1:30 AM | 1512 km | 940 miles | 816 nm | SW |
| Lagos | Fri 2:30 AM | 1732 km | 1076 miles | 935 nm | SSW |
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